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I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind. Christian Standard Bible I have seen all the things that are done under the sun and have found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind.
Jan 4, 2022 · Answer. The book of Ecclesiastes uses the phrase chasing after the wind at least seven times. Ecclesiastes 1:14 speaks of chasing the wind as it relates the theme of the whole book: “I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind.”. Chasing the wind is a metaphor for pursuing ...
Ecclesiastes 1:14. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and ...
Feb 27, 2023 · Solomon closed Ecclesiastes in the same place he started. “All is vanity” bookends his journey, underscoring the emptiness and futility of life without God. When we focus only on this earthly life—“everything going on under the sun”—it does seem pointless, “like chasing the wind” (Ecclesiastes 1:14, NLT).
All of it is meaningless, a chasing after the wind. New Living Translation So I came to hate life because everything done here under the sun is so troubling. Everything is meaningless—like chasing the wind. English Standard Version So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me, for all is vanity and a striving after wind.
14 I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind. 15 What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted.
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Ecclesiastes 1:14. ESV I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind. NIV I have seen all the things that are done under the sun; all of them are meaningless, a chasing after the wind. NASB I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is futility and ...
